Ensemble Contraste

Cast :
Marco Angioloni - tenor
Ensemble Contraste :
Johan Farjot - piano & arrangements
Arnaud Thorette - viola
Rozenn Le Trionnaire - clarinet
Alix Merckx - double bass

Dolce Vita takes us on a journey of love, nostalgia and dreams of travel, between operetta and popular song, to famous tunes arranged for this recording by Johan Farjot for the Ensemble Contraste. This intimate, loving, joyous journey brings together the essential tastes of an era dominated by carefree, unbridled creativity. From Bixio to Benatzky, via Lopez and Porter, this seductive programme takes you back in time to Merrill and Piaf, with plenty of surprises in store to keep you dreaming, singing and spending a pleasant evening with talented musicians. A record event for lovers of opera and popular songs alike, and for all those who wish to discover and rediscover the most famous emblematic songs of Italy and France. You'll travel to Rome, Florence, Naples, under the skies of Paris and to the jazzy tunes of this ultra-creative era.

C. A. Bixio, Parlami D'amore Mariù (1932)

R. Carosone, Tu vo' fa l'americano (1956)

R. Rascel, Arrivederci Roma (1955)

R. Benatzky, L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc, Une fois rien qu'une fois (1932)

Mireille, Puisque vous partez en voyage (1935)

C. Cesarini, Firenze Sogna (1939)

L. Astore, Baciami Piccina (1940)

H. Giroud, Sous Le Ciel De Paris (1951)

Nino Rota (2 instrumentaux) 

G. Kramer, Un bacio a mezzanotte (1952)

C. Porter, Can Can, C'est Magnifique

F. Lopez, Le Chanteur de Mexico, Acapulco (1951)

V. Di Paola/S. Taccani, Come prima (1955)

C. Porter, Can Can, I Love Paris (1953)

B. Merrill, Mambo Italiano (1954)